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A cascaded asymmetric photonic crystal Mach–Zehnder filter structure is proposed to improve the quality factor (Q value) and the sensitivity of the tunable optical filter. The mathematical relationship between the output wavelength of M–Z filter and the voltage applied on the multilayer PZT is established. The simulation results show that the full width at half maximum can be decreased from 17 nm to 9 nm, in addition, the transmission peak wavelength varies by adjusting the applied voltage and the sensitivity can attain to 0.7 nm/V by using the multilayer PZT, which can achieve tunable filtering effectively.